Iran 
In numbers.
4,599m
Elevation
The water at Yakhi Waterfall, month by month
It roars from March to April and from October to December.
The fullest months: from March to April and from October to December, with the snowmelt. The thinnest: from June to August. Below −4 °C on average (from October to April): the falls can partly freeze.
- 72%Jan
- 75%Feb
- 98%Mar
- 100%Apr
- 60%May
- 24%Jun
- 12%Jul
- 14%Aug
- 41%Sep
- 82%Oct
- 92%Nov
- 75%Dec
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Getting there.
- Gazanaknearest town · 10 km in a straight line
- Mehrabad International Airport (THR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 78 km in a straight line
Plan your visit
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Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 707 m in 1.6 km.
What is around.
- —viewpoints
- —waymarked walking routes
- —car parks
- —swimming spots
- —picnic sites
- 1toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 1other named waterfalls within 4 kmآبشار یخی
- —caves
- 8campsitesدشت چمن, اردوگاه محیط زیست پیشرفته دماوند, تخت فریدون and 5 more
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmبارگاه سوم
- —restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Gazanak10 km in a straight line
- Āb‘alī24 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | -15 | -13 | -8 | -2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 0 | -9 | -13 |
| Night °C | -25 | -23 | -18 | -14 | -8 | -4 | -1 | -2 | -6 | -11 | -18 | -23 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 53 | 50 | 48 | 39 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 49 | 79 | 85 | 56 |
| Wet days | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Sun h/day | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| Snow on the ground (cm) | 21 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 18 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (4,599 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Photos
Through visitors' eyes.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 111% | 253% | 149% | 222% | 145% | 42% | 104% | 288% | 52% | 64% | 173% | 151% |
| 2021 | 62% | 69% | 99% | 9% | 291% | 44% | 185% | 22% | 86% | 145% | 137% | 56% |
| 2022 | 181% | 82% | 114% | 22% | 196% | 4% | 316% | 29% | 118% | 63% | 31% | 195% |
| 2023 | 70% | 148% | 123% | 56% | 361% | 151% | 172% | 93% | 154% | 156% | 117% | 122% |
| 2024 | 142% | 182% | 38% | 80% | 402% | 389% | 75% | 34% | 130% | 147% | 76% | 50% |
| 2025 | 55% | 96% | 84% | 36% | 37% | 42% | 17% | 19% | 51% | 57% | 10% | 217% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Yakhi Waterfall
Iran
- —Height
- —Average flow
- —Best months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q5873262) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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